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Sivameryx

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Sivameryx was named by Lydekker (1883).

It was assigned to Anthracotheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Holroyd et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Sivameryx Lydekker p. 169
1905Hyoboops Trouessart
1988Hyoboops Carroll
1991Hyoboops Anyonge p. 381
1997Sivameryx McKenna and Bell p. 405
2010Sivameryx Holroyd et al. p. 854

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
genusSivameryxLydekker 1883

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Sivameryx Lydekker 1883
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†Sivameryx africanus Andrews 1914
†Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883
Invalid names: Hyoboops Trouessart 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:33:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:33:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Kron and Manning 1998, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Baluchistan) S. palaeindicus (179812 180576)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Pakistan (Baluchistan) S. palaeindicus (180583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Hyoboops sp. (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan (Baluchistan) S. palaeindicus (180596 180597 180599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Hyoboops moneyi (83629) S. africanus (38060)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Libya Hyoboops africanus (13065)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Hyoboops africanus (192070)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Pakistan (Baluchistan) S. palaeindicus (180614 180616 180621 180624 180626 180629 180630)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) S. palaeindicum (77779 77780)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) Hyoboops palaeindicus (71439 71443 71444 71446)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63India (Gujarat) S. palaeindicus (203629 230661)